Middle class 'should choose worst schools' - Telegraph

According to Jim Knight, Minister of State (Schools and Learners) , Middle Class parents should send their kids to the worst school in the neighbourhood as the children's "privileged" and "supportive" background mean that they could succeed whatever school they go to.

What utter crap. So decent parents who bother to get off their backsides and work to provide for their families should then do the opposite of what common sense tells them and enroll their children in a school that will not give them the start they require in life.

It's like saying let's go to the market and pick the rotten food and allow someone else to get the nice food just in case they can't afford the crap.

According to Mr Knight

"I believe children from backgrounds like mine, within reason, stand a reasonable chance in whatever school."

So that's OK then they have a "reasonable" chance. I'm sorry, but for my kids, I want better than a reasonable chance. Schooling should not be a lottery.

Of course I'm sure that the rest of his mates in the Labour Government will fall into line with his thinking. Tony (where are you now) Blair obviously having picked a mediocrce school rather than sending his children to the local comprehensive.

Middle class 'should choose worst schools' - Telegraph